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Category: Literature

‘Non nobis solum nati sumus, I suppose’ – Cicero & ideas worth repeating

Inside cover of De Officiis by Cicero

A line from Cicero in the 2023 film 'The Holdovers' piqued my interest over Christmas and I was reminded of the need to continuously reassert certain values in a chaotic world, taking inspiration from the great John Hume's 'single transferable speech'

Ryan Blog, Christmas, Film & TV, Literature, Politics Leave a comment 19th Feb 202619th Feb 2026 4 Minutes

Cheating students & embarrassed newspapers: A bad month for ‘AI’ abuse

Shouldn't cavalier abuse of 'AI' tools inspire some sort of revulsion and punishment? A clash of values is playing out, where genuine intelligence, human experience, artisanship and hard work is set against hollow facsimile and outright charlatanry. What do we want to win?

Ryan Culture, Irish politics, Literature, Politics Leave a comment 1st Jun 202519th Feb 2026 4 Minutes

Scary accents, outsiders & why you should watch The Bear

How the northern accent is scary to the people in the south of Ireland and why you should waste no time and start watching The Bear

Ryan Blog, Culture, Film & TV, Irish politics, Literature, Politics Leave a comment 13th Aug 202313th Aug 2023 3 Minutes
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